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Mid-semester Research Project

Spring 2021

Research Project: Welcome
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Media and the Body: Viewer Discretion Advised

For my mid-semester research project for the spring 2021 semester, I decided to research how the media we view affects our body image, and what we can do to help ourselves have a more positive body image.

Research Project: Intro

Bibliography

Works Cited

“Body Image Medical Definition.” Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster, www.merriam-webster.com/medical/body image. 


Cohen, Rachel, et al. “#BoPo on Instagram: An Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Viewing Body Positive Content on Young Women’s Mood and Body Image.” New Media & Society, vol. 21, no. 7, July 2019, pp. 1546–1564. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1177/1461444819826530.

Harris, Maria Idalis. “Heavier-Set Actors Have a Slim Chance of Getting Cast as Dimensional Characters.” The Arizona State Press, 17 Sept. 2017, www.statepress.com/article/2017/09/heavier-set-actors-have-a-slim-chance-of-getting-cast-as-dimensional-characters. 

Holloway, Daniel. “Casting Directors Under Pressure to Represent Today's America in Film, TV.” Variety, Variety Media, 1 Nov. 2016, variety.com/2016/tv/features/diversity-movies-tv-casting-directors-1201905037/. 

López-Guimerà, G., Levine, M. P., Sánchez-Carracedo, D., & Fauquet, J. (2010). Influence of Mass Media on Body Image and Eating Disordered Attitudes and Behaviors in Females: A Review of Effects and Processes. Media Psychology, 13(4), 387-416. doi:10.1080/15213269.2010.525737

Mingoia, John, et al. “The Relationship between Social Networking Site Use and the Internalization of a Thin Ideal in Females: A Meta-Analytic Review.” Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 8, 7 Aug. 2017, doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01351. 

“Social Comparison Theory.” Psychology Today, Sussex Publishers, www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/social-comparison-theory.

Research Project: Citations
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